Others disagree.But we are not remotely near the territory of grammar when we talk about the two-space rule.
"We are not remotely close" to the bottom of the housing market, said Barry L. Ritholtz, chief executive and director of equity research at Fusion IQ, "until we get this huge inventory worked out".
Simon Bass from the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service said: "We are not remotely surprised that the Metropolitan police alone has already received 27 referrals of this type this year – or three a month.
Although overall illegal immigration into the EU has dropped, land crossings into Greece from Turkey have risen dramatically this year.Moving towards jaw-jaw?William Hague, Britain's foreign secretary, played down the potential for talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, telling Parliament: "we are not remotely at the stage of laying down the terms of a political settlement".
(I should know. I have a twin brother and, although we are not remotely identical, throughout our childhood we were usually referred to collectively as 'the twins'.) However, I spot Paula first - or at least I think it's her - hurrying down the residential street on this brisk, blue, autumn morning.
We are not remotely at that point today.
The field's punch line is that we are not remotely the gleaming, logical machines of rationality that most economists proclaim; instead, we make decisions amid the swirl of our best and worst emotions.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas B. Ross said, "We weren't remotely close to World War III.O Unfortunately, we can never be truly "remote" until we rid the world of nuclear weapons.
It's like he's saying: Are we all agreed that we're not remotely agreed?
We're not remotely delighted that awards season is over.
"I hope you appreciate," says Brooke-Taylor, "that 35 years later we're not remotely bitter!" Bitter is too strong a word.
